Adjusting device for striking-bags.



No. 694,-664. Patented Mar. 4, |902.

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(Application filed Oct. 9, 1901.) Clio Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM o. RAsTETTER, oF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.AV

ADJUS'I'ING-DEVICE FOR STRIKINGi-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Leiters Patent No. 694,664, dated March 4, 1902.

' Application tiled October 9,1901. Serial No. 78,067. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM C. RASTETTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjusting Devices for Striking-Bags; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification. A

My invention relates to improvements in adjusting devices for striking-bags; and the object of myimprovement is to afford means for lvertically adjusting the position of the bag relative to the contactring beneath which the bag depends without causing the bag to overreach said contact-ring when the bag is swung in any of its adjusted positions.

I accomplish my object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Y j l is-the contact-ring, and 2 is a bracket supporting the ring. A boss 3 on the bracket2 ranges above the ring l inline with its center. A tube 5 is mounted vertically in said boss and in the axial center of said ring and is vertically adjustable. A set-screw 4 in the side of the boss serves to hold said tube in its adjusted position.

The striking-bag 8 is attached to the lower end of the cord 7, which passes upward entirely through the tube 5 and is secured to the bracket 2 at a point beneath the upper end of said tube. Thus when the tube 5 is raised or lowered the cord 7 moves up or down relative to the tube and the distance between the bag 8 and the lower end of the tube 5 is vad ried accordingly. When the cord] is adjusted properly, that portion of said cord extending beneath the lower end of the tube 5 is of such length as to allow the bag '8 to swing and strike the ring l squarely, and when it is desired to elevate or lower the position of the bag after the cord has been once adjusted it is only necessary to adjust the tube 5 to effect any elevation of the bag within its scope of adjustment, for the cord is taken up or let out (by the vertical movement of the tube) the properamount to afford the bag the corre-Y sponding less or greater swing. To prevent the cord 7 from becoming worn by the ends of the tube 5, I have secured rounded collars 6 6 upon the ends of said tube, which aord an easy bearing for the cord.l

Having described my invention, Whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. An adjusting device for striking-bags, comprising a contact-ring supported by a bracket; avertically-adj ustable tubearran ged at the axial center of said ring; and a cord attached to the bag, passing upward through said tube and secured to said bracket at a point beneath the top of said tube. y

2. An adjusting device for striking-bags, comprising the vertically-adj ustable tube arranged at the axial center of the contact-ring, and a cord attached to the bag and passing upward through said tube.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM O. ,RASTETTER.

Witnesses:

R. W. DICK, M. E. LINDEMAN. 

